Apangea Awarded Ben Franklin Funding; Company to Use Funds to Accelerate Development of SmartHelp Online Tutoring Solution.INDIANA Indiana, state, United States Indiana, midwestern state in the N central United States. It is bordered by Lake Michigan and the state of Michigan (N), Ohio (E), Kentucky, across the Ohio R. (S), and Illinois (W). , Pa. -- Apangea Learning, Inc., a privately-held provider of educational software and services, today announced that it has $100,000 from the Ben Franklin Technology Partners CNP (Certified Network Professional) A professional designation and accreditation given to individual IT networking professionals by the Network Professional Association (www.npa.org). seed-funding program. The money will be used to accelerate the development of Apangea's SmartHelp(TM) online tutoring Online tutoring refers to the process by which knowledge is imparted from a tutor, knowledge provider or expert to a student or knowledge recipient over the Internet. Online tutoring has been around almost as long as the Internet and takes the following form: solution. "At Ben Franklin, our mission is to improve the economic well-being of people across the Commonwealth," said Vic Russo, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (pĕnsəlvā`nyə), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States. It is bordered by New Jersey, across the Delaware River (E), Delaware (SE), Maryland (S), West Virginia (SW), Ohio (W), and Lake Erie and New York . "By providing an innovative company like Apangea Learning with additional resources to develop their online tutoring solutions, we can help ensure that students across Pennsylvania achieve their maximum potential and foster meaningful job growth." Apangea Learning is a leading provider of hybrid-tutoring solutions which combine web-based software and human assistance to help schools enhance the quality of the tutoring programs they offer while lowering the cost of delivering them. The Company's SmartHelp(TM) offering will enable students to receive live help from a human tutor TUTOR - A Scripting language on PLATO systems from CDC. ["The TUTOR Language", Bruce Sherwood, Control Data, 1977]. in an online chat style format during their tutoring sessions. Over 30,000 students have used Apangea Learning's software and services to date. On average, these students have improved their performance by 50 percent over students tutored using traditional methods. In addition, schools using Apangea Learning have reduced their costs of administering tutoring programs by more than 75 percent. "The response to our tutoring solutions has been overwhelming," said Apangea Learning President and CEO Louis Piconi. "We are very pleased to be receiving funds from the Ben Franklin Technology Partners that will enable us to enhance our offerings and fulfill ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. our mission of ensuring that every child who needs a tutor receives one by making them more widely available." About Apangea Learning Apangea Learning is a leading provider of "hybrid-tutoring" which seamlessly merges tutoring software with qualified human tutors. Our hybrid-tutoring solution is designed to enhance the quality of educational programs such as student tutoring and corporate training, while reducing the cost of delivering them. For more information on Apangea Learning and its products, please visit: www.ApangeaLearning.com. |
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